Think tank calls for specialised, missile-toting CCA to escort support aircraft

<p>Collaborative combat aircraft could neutralise Chinese investments in long-range air-to-air capabilities designed hit vulnerable support aircraft. The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a US think tank, has called for the development of uncrewed aircraft optimised to protect large, unstealthy support aircraft from Chinese fighters armed with long-range air-to-air missiles. In a report, the…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/archive/2026/09/think-tank-calls-for-specialised-missile-toting-cca-to-escort-support-aircraft/">Think tank calls for specialised, missile-toting CCA to escort support aircraft</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com">FlightGlobal</a>.</p>